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Human Behavior
The anxieties underpinning the Great Resignation were simmering for a long time. Here’s a solution.
A few key moments are linked to significant shifts in thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
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The best orgasms come when you learn how to unlock a sexual “flow state.” Emily Nagoski, a sex educator, shares a meditation to help you get started.
Don’t argue with science. Just do it.
The patron saint of calling BS, Harry Frankfurt, died watching his philosophy become more urgent than ever.
"I am not sick at all but everyone around me becomes sick."
The divers spend their waking hours either under hundreds of feet of water on the ocean floor or squeezed into an area the size of a restaurant booth.
The path of a curling stone on ice — and how it can be influenced — is a revealing metaphor for life's decisions.
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A dog's breed isn't as predictive of behavior as many think it is. Environment and upbringing play a much larger role.
A photographer captured Bern’s eclectic and charming feline structures.
More than a century ago, Halifax suffered an accidental blast one-fifth the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
Energy balance is the greatest arbiter of weight gain. Embrace the "oinker diet."
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You’ve heard about your "lizard brain." But what about the other two?
John Templeton Foundation
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People are having less sex than ever. 3 experts explain the keys to maintaining a passionate relationship.
The replication crisis has debunked many of psychology’s fair-haired hypotheses, but for the marshmallow test, things have only become more interesting.
Neuroscience is beginning to provide clues about the emergence of human consciousness.
John Templeton Foundation
Our bodies crave more food if we haven’t had enough protein, and this can lead to a vicious cycle.
More than a third of Americans don’t get enough sleep. Diet is an important, under-recognized culprit.
Left-handed humans were likelier to get stabbed in the heart.
"You gotta know when to fold 'em."
Changes in the world population are determined by two metrics: the number of babies born, and number of people dying.
Chess could perhaps be the ultimate window through which we might see how our mental powers shift during our lives.
When it comes to spotting a lie, less is more.
Considering the perspectives of others has important benefits for individuals and for society. There is one easy way to do it.
John Templeton Foundation
Being a jerk gets you rich, promoted, and laid (if you're a man). But there is a downside.
Marburg virus, like its cousin Ebola, causes severe disease, with fatality rates ranging from 22% to 90%.
As improving biotech offers us longevity, we can prepare to live much better as we age.
